#imperialhistory
The Monroe Doctrine didn’t end empire—it rebranded it.
Smedley Butler said the quiet part out loud: U.S. interventions weren’t defense, they were rackets for capital.
Empire didn’t vanish. It changed management.
#MonroeDoctrine #ImperialHistory
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
De Gaulle
Julian Jackson
newbooksnetwork.com/julian-jacks... #charlesdegaulle -- interesting as I have also been reading the bio of Frantz Fanon as well which makes for some interesting comparisons. #frenchhistory #imperialhistory #wwii
Julian Jackson, "De Gaulle" (Harvard UP, 2018) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#ThyssenLecture #colonialhistory #postcolonial #imperialhistory #globalhistory #historyofscience #fritzthyssenstiftung #envhist #environmentalhistory
#climatecrisis

📷Credits: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer, “India burning 69” by Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0 [cropped].
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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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August 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thanks to our wonderful guest @medievalgill.bsky.social who joined us on #IrishImperialLives to talk about #graceomalley
#Listenback wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio.
#irishhistory #womenshistory #gaelicireland #imperialhistory #colonialism #pirates #historypodcast
August 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Departmental Lecturer – University of Oxford, UK
Fixed-term in Global & Imperial History
Eligibility: PhD (or near completion) in a relevant field
Deadline: 5 September 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/lecturer-glo...
#AcademicJobs #GlobalHistory #UKJobs #PostdocJobs #LecturerRole #ImperialHistory
Lecturer in Global History – University of Oxford | HigherJobz
Apply for a Lecturer role in Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford. 4-year fixed post. Deadline: 5 Sept 2025. Open to PhDs
higherjobz.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Just reposting this. Please get in touch!
Dr Evan Smith @evansmithhist.bsky.social has recently taken up the role as book reviews editor. If you are interested in reviewing a recently published book on British colonial and imperial history (broadly defined), please contact him at evan dot smith at adelaide dot edu dot au.
May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Whose planetary consciousness?

On 12 May at 16.00 CEST, join the Toynbee Prize Foundation Lecture by Sunil Amrith on the imperial origins of the concept of planetary consciousness 👉 loom.ly/_UlqkAA

📣 #ImperialHistory #EnvironmentalHistory #skystorians
May 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Click here for more information on the lecture series and to register to attend the lecture at the GHIL:

www.ghil.ac.uk/event....

#skystorians #imperialhistory #globalhistory #africanhistory
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April 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They marched towards New Orleans, armed with farming tools and muskets, but were brutally suppressed by militia forces. Explore the full article by Joshua J. Mark here: whe.to/ci/1-24233-en/ #RevolutionaryHistory #AntiSlavery #Louisiana #History #ImperialHistory #USHistory #HistoryOfSlavery
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#PrintPromptMonday #WIP

#InProgress shots of Cycle | Breaking and Making. From my Negotiation Table series.

I carved woodcuts of the mythological Fènghuáng and Pigeon and embedded them in a Chippendale table to resemble inlaid jade.

#colonialism #chinoiserie #dei #imperialhistory 💜🖼️ #printsky
March 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Lost in space

On 3 March at 16.00 CET, join the lecture by Andrew Fitzmaurice @qmul.ac.uk on the #EarlyModern imperial logic still framing current discussions on the Outer Space 👉 loom.ly/P1Pgj04

📣 #SpaceHistory #LegalHistory #ImperialHistory
February 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
After many many years over there, I'm here 👋. Help! I'm too old and lazy to find my followers 🙏 #history #Ireland #India #empire #decolonisation #Imperialhistory #histlc #publichistory #doggos #badminton #athletics 😊
November 16, 2024 at 11:34 AM
November 9, 2024 at 2:49 AM
“The British empire still sends governments mad,” opines Simon Jenkins on the subject of the Chagos Islands, Falklands, other overseas territories, and how British “Delusions of grandeur never cease.”

#history #imperialhistory #britishempire
Britain needs to abandon its delusions of empire – giving up the Chagos Islands is a good start | Simon Jenkins
Labour says it is committed to other ‘overseas territories’, but why? These colonial-era dreams are costing the country dear, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Been enjoying an indulgent day of book-buying.

#classicliterature #history #africanhistory #blackhistory #imperialhistory
October 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM